How does Harlow compare on deprivation to the rest of Essex?
The Index of Multiple Deprivation (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-local-government) looks at living conditions across an area – but does not mean that everyone in a highly deprived neighbourhood will be struggling, nor will all those in a less deprived area be well off.
The figures published on Thursday do NOT show whether an area has become better or worse off since the previous report. However what it does show is patterns of how areas have changed relative to each other.
Deprivation is spread across the country. 65% of local authorities contain at least one highly deprived neighbourhood. This is up from 61% in 2019.
A neighbourhood to the east of Jaywick was again found to be the most deprived having previously topped the list in the last three reports, released in 2010, 2015 and 2019.
Clacton MP Nigel Farage, whose parliamentary constituency includes Jaywick, told the PA news agency he was “obviously sad that things aren’t improving more quickly”.
Jukes thoughts
He said he believed he had “definitely helped” tourism in the area. He said “having a high-profile MP helping to put Clacton on the map”. But he added: “I’m doing what I can, but there’s a limit to what one person can do.”
That said, Geoff Flewers (sales and marketing director) of Jukes Estate Agents in Harlow said: ” I am nowhere near as high a profile as Nigel Farage but I am hell bent on promoting Harlow as a good place to live.”
“Lots of people have a ‘pop’ at Harlow, and whilst some of it is justified, in the main it is not!”
“We have recently done a series of blogs about crime. We did this because we were fed up with people saying how dangerous Harlow was. The figures do not lie. If you go to our blog page and search for those reports, you will see that there are far worse places to live in Essex let alone the UK.”
Geoff continued: “I was very interested to see where Harlow sat amongst other Essex regions when it came to deprivation. Here are the results:
How does Harlow compare on deprivation to the rest of Essex?
There are 296 councils in England.
In Essex we have:
Harlow.
Epping Forest.
Brentwood.
Chelmsford.
Colchester.
Tendring.
Basildon.
Thurrock.
Maldon.
Rochford.
Southend on Sea.
Braintree.
Castle Point.
Uttlesford.
What score does Harlow get?
Harlow is ranked 171. This means there are 170 councils where deprivation is worse and 125 where is it better.
You can see from the map of Harlow where the various neighbourhoods sit as per the colour chart and their rankings.
Harlow has 2% of neighbourhoods that are highly deprived. The national average is 10%.
It is also important to note though that this does NOT mean that everyone in a highly deprived neighbourhood will be struggling, nor will all those in a less deprived area be well off.
How does the rest of Essex fair?
These are the councils that fair worse than Harlow:
These are the ones that do better than Harlow:
Conclusion
Harlow sits in the middle ground of Essex when it comes to deprivation neighbourhoods. It also sits in the middle ground of England deprivation neighbourhoods.
As with crime and now deprivation. Harlow is far from the best place to live BUT it if far from the worse. These statistics continue to prove that with property prices as they are, Harlow offers superb value for money.